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SS6 Final Egypt
SS6 Final Exam Review Egypt
Term | Definition |
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Achievements/Innovations | -calendars to predict river flooding -made papyrus for writing -hieroglyphics- picture writing -pyramids- burial tombs -Sphynx -irrigation -shaduf |
Form of Government | pharaohs were considered to be direct descendant of the gods |
Geography | located along Nile River (flowed north into Mediterranean Sea) called "Gift of the Nile" (because of resources it provided three seasons: inundation (flooding), emergence (planting), harvest (collecting crops) |
Important people | King Tut- "boy king" Cleopatra- formed an alliance with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to keep power |
IMPORTANT WATER SOURCE | Nile River |
Religion | polytheistic; believed in afterlife so mummified bodies to prepare them for next life |
Social Structure | pharaohs at top; slaves and farmers are at the bottom of society |